noun
1.
a. : the average (as of a baseball batter) determined by dividing the number of official times at bat into the number of base hits
ended the season with a batting average of .312
b. : the ratio of runs scored by a batsman in cricket to innings completed
2. : a record of achievement or accomplishment
has maintained an almost unbelievably high batting average in gaining and holding the friendship of the home folk — G.S.Perry